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Thomas Nelson seem to be being pretty picky about who they choose to review their books, I got rejected for one a few weeks ago but now accepted for this one :/
You'd think if they've accepted you once you would be good enough to review for them. So weird.
That's what I thought too - we've all reviewed for them in the past. If they keep rejecting maybe just email them and direct them to your previous reviews for them?
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I have problems with Harlequin ..."Love Inspired". I don't have 100 followers on my blog! I did get the new ones from Thomas Nelson though....have enough to keep me reading for awhile!
Do you have to have 100 followers to review for Harlequin? That must be a new rule as I've reviewed for them for a while and I only have 29 followers! Such a pain.
I looked at the requirements and I did not see a 100 followers and there is no Love Inspired on Netgalley? Are you talking about something else?
Like I said I don't think that is a netgalley requirement..
According to the e-mail they sent me when they denied my request, you need 100 reviews, not 100 followers. So 100 reviews either on your blog or on Goodreads, and you need to provide them a link to that in your profile when you request.
I just requested 7 books from Net Galley. I received Love Inspired from Harlequin right away since I am set for Auto-Approval.
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You'll download the book like you normally would and..."
I got a new computer and I downloaded Calibre but I can't download the tools part. It did not work the last time and I found it online. I can't find it this time. Can anyone direct me to the tools download?
Lorie wrote: "Rachel wrote: "The fiction editor from the new blog that I'm writing for gave me these instructions. I haven't tried them but I'll let you know how they go:You'll download the book like you norma..."
Rachel has clear instructions on message #67 of this thread. Here it is:
The fiction editor from the new blog that I'm writing for gave me these instructions. I haven't tried them but I'll let you know how they go:
You'll download the book like you normally would and open it in ADE. Once the book is open, press control-i and that will show you were the actual .pdf is located on your harddrive. You'll need to download and install a free program called Calibre. After that's installed they'll need to download Tools_v3.2 (http://www.datafilehost.com/download-929...). Unzip the file and there is a readme.txt with instructions on how to add the plugin into Calibre. Once the plugin is installed, open the .pdf in Calibre and convert it to MOBI. The Calibre program has the option to send a book to your Kindle. Do that and you're set. If you have any problems with it, let me know. Of course all these instructions were for a PC. If you have a Mac, I don't know if they will still work.
I requested 7 books from Net Galley yesterday. One from Harlequin, one from Rodale and 5 from Thomas Nelson. I was rejected by Thomas Nelson because they need more information in my profile. I have a direct link to my blog and my Good Reads account. What else can I give them to get approved? I really only want the Amish book but I requested 4 other historical fiction books too. I re-requested for The Promise of an Angel, we'll see if it works now!
I cannot figure it out Diane. I keep adding more information and still get rejected from Thomas Nelson. No idea what their problem is. Someone who has been approved, can you tell us what is in your profile?
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Lorie wrote: "That link will not work Diane, the link for Tools_v3.2"Try this:
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-...
It appears that I did not copy over the link correctly from the original post. Sorry! :(
Really? Thomas Nelson approves me every time I have never had a problem with them.Let me go look at my profile..
This is my Public BioI enjoy reading Christian Romance which includes Amish Fiction. I will read nonChristian Romance as long as its clean. I read around 5-10 books a month and get my reviews up as fast as I can. I love to read and write about all these great books! I post the review to my blog as well as at Amazon.com and goodreads.com. I also share my review on facebook and twitter.
Nothing special but I hardly ever get rejected.
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Try this:
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-...
It appears that I did not copy over the link correctly fr..."
It says that file does not exist so I'm lost?
I got 5 Thomas Nelson books last week when I requested them. I wonder why your all getting rejected.
The guy who created that tool no longer does his blog so maybe the file was removed? I might have it and maybe can send it to you I will look during my kids naptime.
The file seems to be unavailable now, hopefully someone can email it to you? I kept getting rejected by Thomas Nelson too, I only got approved when the fiction editor from the website I write for emailed them and asked them to approve me. So I got approved for four books, then requested a fifth and got rejected for it. So I'm as confused as the rest of you!
I applied for that Love Inspired book as well just to see and I got rejected too. Not a big deal as I have plenty of books but who ever is in charge of those seems very picky. 100 followers and reviews is a lot! I kind of wondered if the publishers are going to get more strict now that netgalley has grown so much.
I re-requested for The Promise of an Angel and I got approved! I did not change my profile either. Hmmm!
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This is all very strange :P oh well, hopefully everyone has enough books to review for now!
I have over 100 followers to my blog but I have not done anywhere near 100 reviews.I am starting to wonder if Thomas Nelson rejects everyone so they will only re-request the books they really really want. It's too weird!
Yes, I have over 30 books to review so I really need to get started before I cannot get anymore free Amish books from them.
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It's especially weird if Thomas Nelson accepted you the second time, without you changing anything to your bio.Lol, Lorie, I was trying to make some sort of confused looking face and it really didn't come out right! I'm as bemused as you are about this! Glad you got accepted for the book though :) I have waaaaay too many books to review now and should really stop looking at NetGalley.
I have a theory that it is based on who reads your request from Thomas Nelson. I think some are probably more forgiving than others...
I have around 20 review books right now. I have some vacation time coming up later this month and next so I hope to make a dent in my pile!
I am with you Abbie, but I have at least 20 hard copy books, and probably another 20 e copy books. 2 more finals and I will read NOTHING related to school until August!
And here I was feeling bad I had 20 books to reviews! LOL
It will be an adventure to see how many I can plow through this summer. I've had to make a shelf on my bookshelf at home just for the hard copies of all my review books, vs. my shelf which is for my "for personal interest" books. Then I usually read two books at a time: one from my review shelf and one from my personal shelf. :)
Book Sneeze has The Promise of an Angel by Ruth Reid available for those who did not get approved from Net Galley!
I love Barbour Publishing!! Curious does everyone get the read it now instead of request button for them?
Yep, I get the "Read It" button - it's really bad because it means I get accepted for all their books automatically so I keep clicking on all of the ones that look interesting...and now I have like 20 books :/
How do you get books from Net Galley? Do you have to have a blog? If so, how do you get one? Thanks!
Marie wrote: "How do you get books from Net Galley? Do you have to have a blog? If so, how do you get one? Thanks!"Yes, you do need a blog to review books for Net Galley. I use:
http://www.blogger.com
After you have created your blog, go to Net Galley and create an account:
http://www.netgalley.com/catalog/befo...
After you have been accepted, you can browse their catalog and request whatever books you would like to review.
If you have more questions, there are plenty of us in this group that use it!!! Good luck!
You may also want to review some books you have already read on your blog before going to netgalley. Maybe have a weeks worth so that when the publishers look at your blog they see your doing something. Barbour Publishing tends to have a read it now button so you might go with a few of their books to start. Its a lot of fun and really not overly hard to get into. :)
Help! :-) I can't get the books to go on my nook. Any advice?
OK< I got it..I had downloaded Adobe Digital editions like it said, but it didn't work, so I re downloaded the boom and it worked. the PDF file I used Calibre. One of thw books says 55 days. Will it disappeaer from my nook in 55 days? The PDF book didn't have a time period on it so will that one stay? Thanks!!
If you've converted the file using Calibre it should be fine, it'll just be the one in Adobe Digital Editions that deletes after 55 days. But if you've converted it, you'll have created a new file which doesn't have a time limit on it.
The one that says 55 days won't convert in Calibre. So I guess I better read that one first! Thanks for the help!
Boo, that sucks. There used to be a plug-in that you could download to convert ADE files in Calibre, but the link I have doesn't work anymore.
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Me too. 8-( I'll try again too.